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Vote cucvlover.
The green machine is one of the only vehicles in the running that is patriotic. As you can the red white and blue and her cousin.
I may not have built it from the dirt to the roof, but its my first ride, and my baby.
So vote for the GREEN MACHINE!!!!! Please.
You do what you got to do get home.
I have helped a buddy tie up his exhaust with everything from speaker wire to large rope.
I still am not sure how he kept tearing it off.
It sure seems like a ways away but it will seem like the end of the week and it will be time to load up and head to the rally.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can talk my dad into going?
When I got my cucv it had the factory exhaust (mostly). I put 2.5 in true duals straight pipes.
The truck runs better, it has more pep, its louder, and it can breath.
So I think straight pipes help the 6.2.
Marchplumer:
I think my dad said something about it needing mounts, not sure been a...
Marchplumber:
Did you really have to make some custom hangers out of wire?
Dad has a 83 (soon to be mine) Chevy 2500 with a 350 Gasser. He said he made his own exhaust hangers from bailing wire from the motor to almost to end except for the very end hangers, because 2 sets of hangers broke...
If you are going to add weight to the truck, I would use a couple water/chemical, tanks that farmers use.
A local farmer (see if any are going to pull) might let you borrow/rent a couple empty tanks. Then your local fire department might help you fill them, (might just have to make a donation...
I guess I'll post in this old thread too.
I got 15-16.5 in the green machine, bringing it home from little rock, at 60mph most of the time.
But now I'm not sure what I get probably very little since I stand on the peddle a lot.
But I do know that pulling 4,000 ish lbs, at 55 ( took awhile to...
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